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Sept 15 vs Tigers — which Cade Povich will we get today?

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spiritof66
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If you want to make a list of guys to blame for not hitting with runners on base, or for this inept offense generally, Rivera's near the bottom of the list if he's on it all.

Roy Firestone
Roy Firestone

and another fail. I'll give that to ya. Still, I'd RATHER he take his hacks and fail knowing he will get into a rhythm with his swing than have some scrub who is someone's DFA taking his place...

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Come back soon, Ramon. 

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    • Warehouse
      Selby in Os clubhouse

      By Warehouse · Posted

      It’s not like catcher where we always have a taxi squad guy.  We only have other players on taxi squad when there is a concern with a specific player. For instance, we had Daniel Johnson when Mullins and Mountcastle were banged up. That being said, if Cano was definitely hurt they would have already made a move.
    • LookinUp
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      By LookinUp · Posted

      I've seen it multiple times on ground balls with Jimenez and Slater. I believe it was Jimenez last night. My favorite part about this team might be Gunnar's hustle out of the box. He puts pressure on teams. Did so a couple of days ago on a routine grounder to 2nd. Cowser won a game by beating out a play at first a couple of weeks ago. Then new guys came in and it's like they brought their culture. I could be reading too much into it, but I need a manager to step up and shut that down. 
    • Fiver6565
      Hyde Hot Seat

      By Fiver6565 · Posted

      And I said this before but I'll say it again.  IF they were to move on from Hyde, it would be Buck Britton, and I don't think there would even be a search beyond him.  I thought Gunnar picking him for his HR Derby pitcher spoke volumes about the respect these more recent AAA guys have for Buck. How many played for him down in Norfolk, at least for a bit (some for a good while)?  Gunnar, Cowser, Adley, Holliday, Mayo, Westburg, Kjerstad, Basallo (since we're talking next year, that's possibly relevant), several pitchers.  Its the core of the team.  It would be the only move that I could see MAYBE happening - Hyde for Britton.  But I still doubt that very much.
    • gtman55
      Elias…DFA Kimbrel now!! (9/18: Kimbrel DFA'd, Baker recalled)

      By gtman55 · Posted

      He did pitch pretty well for us early on but man oh man did he drop off a cliff. Wish the guy nothing but the best.
    • Brooks The Great
      Santander taking grounders at first

      By Brooks The Great · Posted

      If Mayo - who was a butcher at 1B in the minors this season -  can play 1B, then so can Kjerstad. And for the record, I'm fine occasionally playing Mayo at 1B, although I want Mayo to play over Jimenez at DH and Rivera at 3B.
    • Fiver6565
      Hyde Hot Seat

      By Fiver6565 · Posted

      @Sports Guyis right, its very clearly the injuries.  And as he's alluded, that manifests itself in more ways than just 'this guy isn't here now and his replacement kinda sucks'.  It also plays out with guys getting more AB's than they normally would and getting exposed, so their overall performance is affected as a result.  O'hearn is the obvious example - he had almost none of his AB's vs lefties in the first half, and has had many in the second because there's no one else to play 1B other than Rivera, and he has to play third because Mayo has been so bad and Urias is not available.  So that's the Urias/Westie/RMC injuries affecting O'hearn, maybe significantly so.  How much better would Holliday look if they were able to pick spots to sit him while Urias, Mateo, or Westburg played second?  So that's the Urias/Westie/Mateo injuries affecting Holliday.  Maybe Gunnar even gets a couple of extra days off w/ Westburg or Holliday taking a day at short.  And this is before you even factor in the defensive decline we've seen at second and short - is that affecting Gunnar's D?  Even if it isn't, its definitely affecting the pitchers, and the win column - look no further than game 3 in Boston last week to see that.  If Mateo is on the field, that game ends 3-2 Birds, I'm convinced of that. The one major thing that the injuries simply cannot explain away is Adley's cliff jump.  IF that isn't an injury itself - and they've insisted multiple times that it isn't - then I got nothing to explain what's gone on w/ him.
    • MCO'sFan
      Elias…DFA Kimbrel now!! (9/18: Kimbrel DFA'd, Baker recalled)

      By MCO'sFan · Posted

      I know that you may have just chose the wrong term but it wasn't an opt out. That's when the player can terminate a deal "early." It was a buy out. Which the team pays for not exercising the player's (team) option. 

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